A multiagent system for hierarchical control and monitoring

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2503-2523

  Tan, Vu Van ^a   Yoo, Dae Seung ^a   Shin, Jun Chol ^a   Yi, Myeong Jae ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hierarchical control; Monitoring; Multiagent; OPC; Process control; Unified architecture; XML

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449123112     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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